Dear Ron My work on the ancient Lincoln diocese for the Leverhulme-funded first stage of the national electronic atlas and database of saints' cults in England and Wales bears out what you say. We also need to take into account the regional hydrographic patterns, I guess, but that's for someone else to discuss. I'll post separately a note about evidence from well names which may be of some help in our collective response to Ingegerd's original inquiry. Graham Jones *********************************** Dr Graham Jones Leverhulme Special Research Fellow University of Leicester Department of English Local History Marc Fitch House 5 Salisbury Road Leicester LE1 7QR e-Mail: [log in to unmask] *********************************** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%